Yellow Green Algae
This group has yellow pigment and stores food reserves as oils vs. starch. A majority live in fresh water, some on soil. Vaucheria a tubular alga. is commonly aquatic. Some species form a feltlike mat in wet soil. Tribonema is a filamentous alga found in ponds and ditches with cell walls of overlapping H-shaped pieces which are difficult to see. Botrydium grows on mud or on moist soil and is about the size of a pinhead.
 botrydium granulatum |
| Taxonomic Hierarchy | |
| Kingdom | Chromista |
| Subkingdom | Chromista |
| Division | Xanthophyta – yellow-green algae |
| Direct Children: | |
| Class | Xanthophyceae |
| Xanthophyta, Taxonomic Serial No.: 1882 | |
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